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spathulatis; floribus 4-meris circ. 25-andris intense luteis anguste subspieato-race- 

 mosis, sepalis persistentibus ovato-oblongis a pelalis superatis, petali superioris la- 

 minae us(|uc ad medium 3-lobae lobis subaequilongis intermedio ovato-lanceolato in- 

 tegro v. bi-tripartito laleralibus profunde bipartitis v. subintegris, filamentis longe 

 persistentibus glaberrimis; capsulis erectis depresso-obovoideis acute 3-denlatis sub 

 ore contractis subglabris, seminibus parvulis levissimis, radicula hilo valde appro- 

 xiinata. 



Descriptio: 



Radix annua v. subperennis, perpendicularis y. oblique descendens subsimplex, 

 parce ramulosa, pro proportione tenuis. — Caules ex eadein radice saepissime so- 

 litarii, rarius pauei, erecti, stricti, simplices v. inferne rainosi, teretiusculi, obiter 

 striato-angulosi , fere omnino leves, usque ad racemos densiuscule foliosi, J— 5-, sae- 

 pius 2'/2-pedales ; rami valde elongati, saepius numerosi, stricti, apiceque in racemos 

 valde elongatos abeuntes. — Folia integra, lineari- v. anguste lanceolato-spathulata 

 v. inferiora etiam obovato-oblonga, rotundato-obtusa v. mucronulata , basi longe et 

 sensim atlenuata et 2—4""" supra basin denticulis duobus aculeiformibtis 2/3 — 1""" lon- 

 gis pallide rubellis munita, margine levia et nbiqtie glaberrima, sublucida, plana, circ. 

 5—7"" longa et 8 — 12""" lata, v. radicalia et floralia breviora; nervuli laterales utrin- 

 que circ. 10, marginem versus arcuato- et subreticulato-anastomosantes. — Flores 

 pro proportione parvi, subsessiles, lulei, in racemos quam maxime elongatos den- 

 siusculos subspiciformes sub fructu 1— 2-pedales v. longiores dispositi. — Bracteae 

 persistentes, e lata basi triangulari-subulatae, leves, ad nervum latiuscule virides, 

 caeterum pallide subhyalinae, 2>/2— S 1 /?'""' longae, v. demum circ. 5""" aequantes, ad 

 apicem racemi florigeri longiuscule comoso-exsertae. — Pedicelli incrassati, primum 

 valde abbreviati, florigeri vix l'/g— 2°"° superantes, fere 1'"°' crassi, snpcrne sensim 

 in calycem dilatati, fructigeri vix longiores sed magis incrassati et distinctius striato- 

 angulosi. — Calyx parvus, 4-sepalus; sepala basi altius inter se connata, persisten- 

 tia, symmetrice sublateralia, inaequalia, superiora caeteris majora et profundius inter 

 se libera, ovata v. ovato-oblonga , obtusa, levia, anguste subhyalino-marginata, circ. 

 2""" longa. — Petala lutea, parum exserta, circ. 31/2"""— 4"" ,, longa, obovato-cu- 

 neata, (lamina superioris) usque ad medium et ultra 3-partita, lobi aequilongi, inte- 

 griusculi, intermedius saepius integer, laterales saepius biparliti, v. intermedius late- 

 ralibusque altius et irregulariter cohaerentes, v. saepe petalum lusu bipartitum cum 

 lobis subirregulariter inoiso-paucilobulatis. Appendix unguicularis vulgo latior quam 



